Browsing Economic and Social Review by Author "Duffy, David"

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    • Irish house price indices ? methodological issues 

      Conniffe, Denis; Duffy, David (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1999)
      This paper reviews the international literature on house price indices, looking at the basic methodologies employed, the variables chosen for the indices and the functional forms used. Ideas are sought for future improvements ...

    • Negative equity in the Irish housing market 

      Duffy, David (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2010)
      Having peaked in early 2007 Irish house prices have fallen steadily. Negative equity occurs if house price falls result in the house value being lower than the outstanding debt. Many in negative equity will be unaffected ...

    • Rising house prices in an open labour market 

      Duffy, David; Fitz Gerald, John D.; Kearney, Ide (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2005)
      We explore the consequences of rising house prices for the openness of the Irish labour market. Since many immigrants are in the household formation age group, and tend to be highly skilled, we argue that the boom in house ...

    • The labour market characteristics and labour market impacts of immigrants in Ireland 

      Barrett, Alan; Bergin, Adele; Duffy, David (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2006)
      The purpose of this paper is twofold. We first produce a labour market profile of non- Irish immigrants who arrived in Ireland in the ten years to 2003. We then go on to use the labour market profile in estimating the ...

    • The misperception of inflation by Irish consumers 

      Duffy, David; Lunn, Peter D. (Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 2009)
      Perceptions and forecasts of inflation have the potential to impact on a range of economic outcomes. We reveal large, systematic overestimation of inflation by Irish consumers, which varies by social group. In contrast ...